Burroughs, Edgar RiceTarzan the Avenger, a Fast Action Story [Dell 10 Cent Edition]New York Dell Publishing 1939 First Edition Paperback Good Black and white drawings; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 192 pages; Small format Dell 10 cent edition, similar, if slightly larger in size to the Whitman Big Little books. In color pictorial covers. Sound and complete. Edges rubbed with color lift along the spine edges. Light to moderate surface wear to the front cover, with a short stress crease top edge. Small areas of color loss from patchy silverfishing to the advertisement on the rear cover. Expected general toning to the page stock. Pages still supple and the book can be handled and read. A notably uncommon Tarzan imprint with only 2 copies held in recorded Library and University collections searched by Worldcat. A decent but Good only copy. Scarce to Rare
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175.00 USD

Burroughs, Edgar RiceThe Monster MenChicago A. C. McClurg & Company 1929 First Edition Hardcover Very Good 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 304 pages; HC 1st edition. In publisher's tweed textured tan cloth with title lettering brightly in green to cover and spine. Soundly bound and clean. Prior owner bookplate to front pastedown has offset toned the the facing surface of the front flyleaf. Spine very slightly cocked or off-square. Cloth tender at crown of spine. Usual and expected light toning to the page stock. Solid copy; VG [Note: I don't believe in including facsimile dust jackets with books for sale, preferring to sell books as found. There are high quality facsimile dust jackets available for $10 and I can provide you with that information, if you desire]
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225.00 USD

Burroughs, Edgar Rice and J. Allen St. JohnAt the Earth's CoreChicago A. C. McClurg & Company 1922 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Good+ Glossy plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 277 pages; Bound in publisher's blue/grey cloth with title lettering in dark blue to cover and spine. Slightly cocked spine; cloth at spine lightly sunned. Light general shelf soiling to boards. Remains soundly bound with all St. John plates and original endpages; a mild internal split between signatures at mid-book has left a vertical stress crease to the cloth at spine. Prior owner's period bookplate to front pastedown mounted with an acidic glue which has toned through the bookplate with mild offset stain to the facing recto of the front flyleaf. A decent copy with general "overall" wear. G++
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60.00 USD

Burroughs, Edgar Rice and J. Allen St. JohnThe Chessmen of MarsChicago A C McClurg & Co 1922 First Edition; First Printing Hardcover Good+ Illustrated by J. Allen St. John 8 glossy stock Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 375 pages; Bound in publisher's red cloth with title lettering in dark green to cover and spine. Probably the hardest to find in 1st edition of the Mars titles by Burroughs. Cocked in the spine; cloth lightly to moderately sun faded at spine, though title lettering remains bright. Sound but shaken in the spine and with several splits in the page block between signatures. Prior owner bookplate mounted to front pastedown. Heavier foxing and toning to the front matter and page stock that usually seen with Burroughs titles from McClurg. Still, a sound - if tender - and clean 1st edition, and scarce thus. G+
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275.00 USD

Byatt, A.S.SHADOW OF A SUN.New York Harcourt Brace & World 1964 First American Edition Hardcover Very Good in Good+ dust jacket 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 336 pages; Sound unmarked copy bound in publisher's yellow cloth; title lettering to spine in gray and orange. Pictorial dust jacket is notoriously photo (sun) sensitive and this example has the sun fading at spine that is usually found with this title. Spine lettering still reasonably bright. Jacket rubbed and nicked at spine ends and corners. Photo portrait of Byatt on the rear panel has some surface scratches. $4.95 issue price intact on the unclipped front flap. Top edge of page block with some moderate dust spotting. VG/G+
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65.00 USD

Byron, Lord [George Gordon].English Bards and Scotch Reviewers; A Satire [First American Edition]Philadelphia & Charleston Brannan and Morford; E. Morford, Willington, and Co. 1811 First American Edition Hardcover Good+ 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 86 pages; 1811 Brannan and Morford, Philadelphia and E. Morford, Willington, and Co. , Charleston. 1st US edition, from the 3rd London edition. Bound in original letterpress printed, paper covered boards. An early 20th century spine rebacking of buff paper with new endsheets laid down. Complete with original half-title. [2], viii, 86, [bl] pp. Publisher's printed paper over boards show some light soiling and toning to upper cover with shallow chipping to paper at front corners and abrasion at edges; lower board comprising a catalog ad for recent titles by E. Morford is missing a swath of paper from the bottom 1/4 of the surface. Paper rebacking is split along the front hinge exposing the crash but with only a tiny spot of loss to the rebacking material. Prior ownership in manuscript to top edge of half-title and a pictorial bookplate tipped onto the pastedown. Trace residue of a paper remnant in the gutter of the half-title. Complete and generally solid in original publisher issued boards. Quite uncommon; the first book appearance of Byron in America. G++
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295.00 USD

Byron, Lord [George Gordon].Mazeppa,London John Murray 1819 First Edition Hardcover Very Good- 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 72 pages; 1st edition, 2nd issue - with imprint moved from [70] to verso of p. 71. Retains half-title page. Bound in later cloth backed, paper covered boards with paper title label to the thin spine. Without the original wraps and the 8 page inserted Murray catalog. Small horizontal abrasion to the upper board; presumably a paper title label had been mounted to the center. Board edges lightly rubbed at edges, maroon quarter cloth rubbed and a little thin at spine ends. Small chip missing from the top edge of the half-title. Contents bright and clean; complete save for the sometime seen publisher's catalog. "Fragment" - Byron's early Vampire story included in this volume by Murray without Byron's consent appears in pages 57 to 69. (Randolph p 70-71) VG- thus
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275.00 USD

Byron, Lord [George Gordon].The Giaour, A Fragment of a Turkish TaleLondon John Murray; Printed by T. Davison 1813 First Edition 1/4 leather Very Good- 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 41 pages; 1st edition, 2nd issue. Recased in modern 1/4 brown polished calf and brown cloth boards. 2nd issue, the trade printing, with Byron's name on title page but without watermark in the paper of the text block. Lacking half-title page. Contents clean and generally bright, though with a very mild and faint damp line in the lower spine corner of the title and dedication leaves and with trace rippling to the same portion of the book's pages. A well done rebinding if somewhat utitlitarian. Trace rub to cloth at corner tips. Davison imprint between double rules on the verso of the final printed page. Randolph 25-26. About VG thus
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265.00 USD

Cabell, James BranchJurgen, a Comedy of JusticeNew York Robert McBride 1919 First Edition Hardcover Very Good+ 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 368 pages; 1919 Robert McBride. HC. 1st edition, 2nd issue. Original marron cloth with a thatched weave; titles brightly in gilt to cover and spine. 1st edition of 1919 but the 2nd issue with the broken line in the tuling on page 144 and the depth of the book 1 3/4 inches. Still a very well preserved example with only superficial shelf evidence at tips. Binding snug and contents quite neat. Prior owner has stamped his surname with a very small inkstamp in the gutter of the dedication page. VG+
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85.00 USD